 The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded...  The Quarterly Review - Page 445edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Gazetteers - 1832 - 510 pages
...block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a very wide mouth, of a bloody color. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. A numerous retinue of priests and other servants are always in attendance upon his temple, to receive... | |
 | Hindus - Hindus - 1834 - 444 pages
...altogether. The idol is a block of wood having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is...caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved. I went on in the procession, close by the tower of Moloch ; which, as it was drawn with difficulty,... | |
 | Geography - 1834 - 444 pages
...altogether. The idol is a block of wood having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is...caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved. I went on in the procession, close by the tower of Moloch ; which, as it was drawn with difficulty,... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 712 pages
...throne. The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour ; his arms are of gold, and he...idols are of a white and yellow colour. Five elephants preVOL. II. K 1,30 DISGUSTING CEREMONIES. ceded the three towers, bearing lofty flags, dressed in crimson... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 578 pages
...throne. The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour; his arms are of gold, and he is...idols are of a white and yellow colour. Five elephants prcVOL. II. K ceded the three towers, bearing lofty flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having... | |
 | Frederick Russell - 1834 - 158 pages
...altogether. The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. Two other idols accompany Juggernaut, called by the Hindoos his brother and sister, for there are three... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Christianity - 1834 - 454 pages
...throne. The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour.. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in a gorgeous apparel. " The car, as it was drawn along, would stop at intervals, at which time the priests... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Religions - 1834 - 562 pages
...Juggernaut. wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody color. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. Penance and self-torture are regarded as essential to the attainment of a character for holiness. Not... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1836 - 690 pages
...idol ia A block of wood, hav. ing a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a hloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in...other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. Five elephanu precedió the three towers, bearing towering flags, dre-sed in crimson caparison*, and having... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1840 - 536 pages
...a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a Woody color. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. After a few minutes, it stopped ; and now the worship of the god began. A high priest mounted the car... | |
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